I’m told the tête-à-tête between Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt takes place today in France. As I’ve previously reported, the actor is Quentin Tarantino’s first choice to star in his planned World War II movie Inglorious Bastards, whose script’s foreign rights are being shopped to several Hollywood studios. But I hear one reason they’re waiting to make offers is to see whether Brad is on board. Tarantino wants to start filming by October to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

22 Comments

cKHAVIKk • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Wasn’t WWII bloody ENOUGH without attaching Tarantino as a director?

Dan Zee • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

I think Quentin’s running out of time. Although his filmwork has been interesting, it’s been 14 years since he delivered the goods with Pulp Fiction. In that amount of time, Jackie Brown was nothing special, Kill Bill 1 was brilliant while Kill Bill 2 was awful, disappointing and a rip-off, and Death Proof kept you waiting 50 minutes for something to happen. So his film output has been very small.

In the meantime, he seems to make his money putting his name on other people’s projects as “executive producer” and making TV guest appearances and directing TV episodes, as well as hanging around with Robert Rodriguez, who seems to know how to crank them out.

Other than emulating Orson Welles, who had great early success before winding up doing ads for cheap wine and making TV appearances, Quentin needs to get serious.

jake • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Fantastic! Tarantino is one helluva filmmaker. I hope Brad signs on because the script is unbelievable!

Dubious • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Production in October (and beyond), debut in May? Who does this guy think he is, Spielberg? (Script needs a rewrite anyway…)

“…Tarantino wants to start filming by October to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.”

It’s never a good sign when a director schedules the shooting of his script for a film festival debut.

Jack • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

I just read the script. It should make a great movie. Lots of film references abound. WWII in occupied France with the Jewish Dirty Dozen. Great dialog and situations. History is thrown out the window, but hey… it’s going to be film lovers delight.

C • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

When I see this movie movie in the theatre I will only believe it that it was made.

marcela • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

That the vicious murders of 2 students in London are being referred to as the “Tarantino murders” is all that one needs to know about this guy and the sycophants who fawn all over him.

Lars • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Is Brad Pitt’s career dead enough to warrant a Tarantino resuscitation? Because I’m convinced that Tarantino isn’t willing to pay Pitt’s full freight. Also, didn’t the guy just have a twins a few days ago?! Does he, as a new father, really want or care about Tarantino at the moment? The whole scenario seems wonky to me.

Q rules • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Dubious could never write a film like Quentin. Posers with no track record should shut their yap

Quentin is a great funny exciting film maker and your just a hater with no juice

blackball gavin • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Spielberg can’t make good movies anymore, so let’s hope not

tobias • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

as long as he keeps it under 2 hours, the blood won’t matter. it will be embraced.

Jack Burton • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Tobias,

It’s 165 pages. The “mission” — aka the point of the damn thing — doesn’t start until around page 90.

Rexxx • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Tarantino sucks these days. Pitt would be a fool to do it. The script is an absolute mess.

WTB • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Actually Dan Zee, watch the first hour of Jackie Brown again sometime. It is excellent, but then it does go off the tracks. When it came out, I remember thinking while watching the first half that Tarantino had taken a huge step forward, was displaying some ambition to step up to the next tier, but Kill Bill and Death Proof displayed massive backsliding.

blackball gavin • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

All you posers can’t do better. And Marcelo, If you are going to blame a psycho paths murder on quentin then you are in the wrong industry. Without freedom of speech, we have no work. also it is impossible to prove that a killer would have ben less violent even if they listened to different music and films. There has NEVER been one successful lawsuit in this country. So go have a kid if y ou want to be a mommy. America is still barely a free country.

Armand • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Great!!

2 has-been doing a movie. Just what we need now

Give History a Chance • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Please! Leave the history of World War II France alone!
As a History teacher, I already have to spend way too much time with my students correcting the historical misrepresentations in the movie PEARL HARBOR! I don’t even want to go into the mess of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. If Hollywood wants to make historical movies, it is important that they NOT “throw history out the window.” If they must adjust truth for the sake of the story, then there should be a big, red disclaimer under the title.

tobias • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

thanks jack, i forgot where i was on page 127.

post it • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Brad Pitt is a bore who hasn’t had a hit in eons and who is getting too old. Even his tabloid interest has diminished. Why are these has-beens so self-important

Crystal Diane Stevens • on Jul 15, 2008 3:19 am

Don’t you just love it when new celebrity parents (like Brad Pitt) rave about how great having kids is and then, within five minutes of the kid popping out, sign on for a movie that will take them away from the kid for months?

Nicole Kidman is just as bad, signing on for the movie Nine when she was still pregnant. She starts filming that in like two months (with rehearsals before that).